BARONETAGE
			Last updated 04/02/2025
			Names of baronets shown in blue
			have not yet proved succession and, as a
			result, their name has not yet been placed on
			the Official Roll of the Baronetage.
Date	Type	Order	Name	Born	Died	Age
			Dates in italics in the "Born" column indicate that the baronet was
			baptised on that date; dates in italics in the "Died" column indicate
			that the baronet was buried on that date
			DRAPER of Sunninghill,Berks
9 Jun 1660	E	1	Thomas Draper		Dec 1703
to			Extinct on his death
Dec 1703
			DRUGHORN of Ifield Hall,Sussex
29 Jun 1922	UK	1	John Frederick Drughorn	1 Aug 1862	23 Feb 1943	80
to			Extinct on his death
23 Feb 1943
			DRUMMOND of Hawthornden,Edinburgh
27 Feb 1828	UK		See "Williams-Drummond"
			DRUMMOND of Lasswade,Midlothian
27 Jun 1922	UK	1	Hugh Henry John Drummond	29 Nov 1859	1 Aug 1924	64
to			Extinct on his death
1 Aug 1924
			DRUMMOND-STEWART of Blair,Fife
2 Jun 1683	NS	1	Thomas Stewart		by 1717
1717		2	George Stewart	12 Oct 1686	1 Nov 1759	73
1 Nov 1759		3	John Stewart	29 Sep 1687	14 Jun 1764	76
14 Jun 1764		4	John Stewart	c 1726	6 Oct 1797
6 Oct 1797		5	George Stewart	17 Oct 1750	9 Dec 1827	77
9 Dec 1827		6	John Archibald Drummond-Stewart	26 Oct 1794	20 May 1838	43
20 May 1838		7	William George Drummond-Stewart	26 Dec 1795	28 Apr 1871	75
28 Apr 1871		8	Archibald Douglas Drummond-Stewart	29 Aug 1807	20 Sep 1890	83
to			Extinct on his death
20 Sep 1890
			DRURY of Riddlesworth,Norfolk
7 May 1627	E	1	Drue Drury	1588	23 Apr 1632	43
			MP for Norfolk 1621-1622 and Thetford
			1624-1625
23 Apr 1632		2	Drue Drury	17 Jan 1611	13 Jul 1647	36
13 Jul 1647		3	Robert Drury	c 1633	27 Apr 1712
to			Extinct on his death
27 Apr 1712
			DRURY of Overstone,Northants
16 Feb 1739	GB	1	Thomas Drury	12 Nov 1712	19 Jan 1759	46
to			MP for Maldon 1741-1747
19 Jan 1759			Extinct on his death
			DRYDEN of Canons Ashby,Northants
16 Nov 1619	E	1	Erasmus Dryden	29 Dec 1553	22 May 1632	78
			MP for Banbury 1624-1625
22 May 1632		2	John Dryden	c 1580	c 1658
			MP for Northamptonshire 1640-1653 and
			1654-1655
c 1658		3	Robert Dryden	c 1638	19 Aug 1708
19 Aug 1708		4	John Dryden	c 1635	23 May 1710
May 1710		5	Erasmus Henry Dryden	2 May 1669	4 Dec 1710	41
Dec 1710		6	Erasmus Dryden	1636	3 Nov 1718	82
3 Nov 1718		7	John Dryden	c 1704	21 Mar 1770
to			Extinct on his death
21 Mar 1770
			DRYDEN of Ambrosden,Oxon
24 Aug 1733	GB	1	Edward Turner	6 Oct 1691	15 Jul 1735	43
15 Jul 1735		2	Edward Turner	18 Apr 1719	31 Oct 1766	47
			MP for Great Bedwin 1741-1747, Oxfordshire
			1754-1761 and Penrhyn 1761-1766
31 Oct 1766		3	Gregory Turner (Page-Turner from 15 Nov 1775)	16 Feb 1748	4 Jan 1805	57
			MP for Thirsk 1784-1805
4 Jan 1805		4	Gregory Osborne Page-Turner	28 Sep 1785	6 Mar 1843	57
6 Mar 1843		5	Edward George Thomas Page-Turner	12 Sep 1789	10 Oct 1846	57
10 Oct 1846		6	Edward Henry Page-Turner	3 Oct 1823	24 Mar 1874	50
24 Mar 1874		7	Henry Edward Leigh Dryden	17 Aug 1818	24 Jul 1899	80
			He had previously succeeded to the
			baronetcy of Dryden of Canons Abbey,
			Northants (see below) in 1837. The two
			baronetcies continue to be merged
24 Jul 1899		8	Alfred Erasmus Dryden	14 Oct 1822	2 Apr 1912	89
2 Apr 1912		9	Arthur Dryden	12 Apr 1852	15 Mar 1938	85
15 Mar 1938		10	Noel Percy Hugh Dryden	24 Dec 1910	23 Mar 1970	59
23 Mar 1970		11	John Stephen Gyles Dryden	26 Sep 1943	29 Jun 2022	78
29 Jun 2022		12	John Frederick Simon Dryden	26 May 1976
			DRYDEN of Canons Ashby,Northants
2 May 1795	GB	1	John Dryden	11 Nov 1752	14 Aug 1797	44
14 Aug 1797		2	John Edmund Dryden	17 Sep 1782	29 Sep 1818	36
29 Sep 1818		3	Henry Dryden	7 Jul 1787	17 Nov 1837	50
17 Nov 1837		4	Henry Edward Leigh Dryden	17 Aug 1818	24 Jul 1899	80
			He subsequently succeeded in 1874 to the
			baronetcy of Turner (see above) created in
			1733 when the two baronetcies merged
			DUCIE of London
28 Nov 1629	E	1	Robert Ducie	29 May 1575	12 Jul 1634	59
12 Jul 1634		2	Richard Ducie	c 1602	7 Mar 1657
7 Mar 1657		3	William Ducie,later [1675] 1st Viscount Downe	c 1612	9 Sep 1679
9 Sep 1679		4	William Ducie		c 1691
c 1691		5	Robert Ducie		May 1703
to			Extinct on his death
May 1703
			DUCK of Haswell-on-the-Hill,Durham
19 Mar 1687	E	1	John Duck	c 1632	26 Aug 1691
to			Extinct on his death
26 Aug 1691
			DUCKETT of Hartham House,Wilts
21 Jun 1791	GB	1	George Jackson (Duckett from 3 Feb 1797)	24 Oct 1725	15 Dec 1822	97
			MP for Weymouth 1786-1788 and Colchester
			1790-1796
15 Dec 1822		2	George Duckett	17 Jul 1777	15 Jun 1856	78
			MP for Lymington 1807-1812 and Plympton
			Erle 1812
15 Jun 1856		3	George Floyd Duckett	27 Mar 1811	13 May 1902	91
to			Extinct on his death
13 May 1902
			DUCKWORTH of Topsham,Devon
2 Nov 1813	UK	1	John Thomas Duckworth	28 Feb 1748	31 Aug 1817	69
			MP for New Romney 1812-1817
31 Aug 1817		2	John Thomas Buller Duckworth	17 Mar 1809	29 Nov 1887	78
to			MP for Exeter 1845-1857
29 Nov 1887			Extinct on his death
			DUCKWORTH of Grosvenor Place,Westminster
15 Jul 1909	UK	1	Dyce Duckworth	24 Nov 1840	20 Jan 1928	87
20 Jan 1928		2	Edward Dyce Duckworth	10 Jul 1875	5 Aug 1945	70
5 Aug 1945		3	Richard Dyce Duckworth	30 Sep 1918	28 Dec 1997	79
28 Dec 1997		4	Edward Richard Dyce Duckworth	13 Jul 1943	7 Oct 2005	62
7 Oct 2005		5	James Edward Dyce Duckworth	1984
			DUCKWORTH-KING of Bellevue,Kent
18 Jul 1792	GB	1	Richard King	10 Aug 1730	27 Nov 1806	76
			MP for Rochester 1794-1802
27 Nov 1806		2	Richard King	28 Nov 1774	5 Aug 1834	59
5 Aug 1834		3	Richard Duckworth King	12 Sep 1804	2 Nov 1887	83
2 Nov 1887		4	George St.Vincent King (Duckworth-King
			from 13 Feb 1888)	15 Jul 1809	18 Aug 1891	82
18 Aug 1891		5	Dudley Gordon Alan Duckworth-King	28 Nov 1851	14 Feb 1909	57
14 Feb 1909		6	George Henry James Duckworth-King	8 Jun 1891	21 Feb 1952	60
21 Feb 1952		7	John Richard Duckworth-King	11 Jun 1899	1 Apr 1972	72
to			Extinct on his death
1 Apr 1972
			DU CROS of Canons,Middlesex
5 Jul 1916	UK	1	Arthur Philip du Cros	26 Jan 1871	28 Oct 1955	84
			MP for Hastings 1908-1918 and Clapham
			1918-1922
28 Oct 1955		2	Harvey Philip du Cros	19 Jun 1898	11 Oct 1975	77
11 Oct 1975		3	Claude Philip Arthur Mallet du Cros	22 Dec 1922	24 Jul 2014	91
24 Jul 2014		4	Julian Claude Arthur Mallet du Cros	23 Apr 1955
			DUDDLESTONE of Bristol,Gloucs
11 Jan 1692	E	1	John Duddlestone		c 1716
c 1716		2	John Duddlestone		c 1750
to			Extinct on his death
c 1750
			DUDLEY of Clapton,Northants
1 Aug 1660	E	1	William Dudley		18 Sep 1670
18 Sep 1670		2	Matthew Dudley	1 Oct 1661	14 Apr 1721	59
			MP for Northampton 1702-1705 and
			Huntingdonshire 1713-1715
14 Apr 1721		3	William Dudley	2 Mar 1696	15 Jun 1764	68
to			Extinct on his death
15 Jun 1764
			DUDLEY of Kilscoran House,Ireland
17 Apr 1813	UK	1	Henry Bate Dudley	25 Aug 1745	1 Feb 1824	78
to			Extinct on his death
1 Feb 1824			For further information on this baronet,see the
			note at the foot of this page
			DUDLEY-WILLIAMS of Exeter,Devon
2 Jul 1964	UK	1	Rolf Dudley Dudley-Williams	17 Jun 1908	8 Oct 1987	79
			MP for Exeter 1951-1966
8 Oct 1987		2	Alastair Edgcumbe James Dudley-Williams	26 Nov 1943
			DUFF of Vaynol Park,Carnarvon
1 Aug 1911	UK	1	Charles Garden Assheton-Smith	16 Apr 1851	24 Sep 1914	63
24 Sep 1914		2	Robert George Vivian Duff	14 Nov 1876	16 Oct 1914	37
16 Oct 1914		3	Charles Michael Robert Vivian Duff	3 May 1907	3 Mar 1980	72
to			Lord Lieutenant Caernarvon 1960-1974
3 Mar 1980			and Gwynedd 1974-1980
			Extinct on his death
			DUFF of Hatton,Aberdeen
3 Jul 1952	UK	1	Garden Beauchamp Duff	6 Dec 1879	6 Sep 1952	72
to			Extinct on his death
6 Sep 1952
			DUFF-GORDON of Halkin,Ayr
12 Nov 1813	UK	1	James Duff		20 Nov 1815
20 Nov 1815		2	William Duff-Gordon	8 Apr 1772	8 Mar 1823	50
			MP for Worcester 1807-1818
8 Mar 1823		3	Alexander Cornewall Duff-Gordon	3 Feb 1811	27 Oct 1872	61
27 Oct 1872		4	Maurice Duff-Gordon	15 Mar 1849	5 May 1896	47
5 May 1896		5	Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon	22 Jul 1862	20 Apr 1931	68
20 Apr 1931		6	Henry William Duff-Gordon	12 Jan 1866	9 Jan 1953	86
9 Jan 1953		7	Douglas Frederick Duff-Gordon	12 Sep 1892	15 Mar 1964	71
15 Mar 1964		8	Andrew Cosmo Lewis Duff-Gordon	17 Oct 1933	24 Apr 2023	89
24 Apr 2023		9	Cosimo Henry Villiers Duff Gordon	18 Jun 1968
			DUFF-SUTHERLAND-DUNBAR
			of Hempriggs,Caithness
21 Dec 1706	NS		See "Dunbar"
			DUGDALE of Merevale and Blyth,Warwicks
17 Jul 1936	UK	1	William Francis Stratford Dugdale	20 Oct 1872	18 Apr 1965	92
18 Apr 1965		2	William Stratford Dugdale	29 Mar 1922	13 Nov 2014	92
13 Nov 2014		3	William Matthew Stratford Dugdale	22 Feb 1959
			DUGDALE of Crathorne,Yorks
31 Jan 1945	UK	1	Thomas Lionel Dugdale	20 Jul 1897	26 Mar 1977	79
			He was subsequently created Baron
			Crathorne (qv) in 1959 with which title
			the baronetcy remains merged
			DUKE of Benhall,Suffolk
16 Jul 1661	E	1	Edward Duke	c 1604	1670
			MP for Orford 1640
1670		2	John Duke	3 Jan 1633	24 Jul 1705	73
			MP for Orford 1679-1685,1689-1690 and
			1697-1698
Jul 1705		3	Edward Duke	c 1694	25 Aug 1732
to			MP for Orford 1721-1722
25 Aug 1732			Extinct on his death
			DUKE of London
5 Dec 1849	UK	1	James Duke	31 Jan 1792	28 May 1873	81
			MP for Boston 1837-1849 and London
			1849-1865
28 May 1873		2	James Duke	25 Jun 1865	3 Jul 1935	70
to			Extinct on his death
3 Jul 1935
			DUKINFIELD of Dukinfield,Cheshire
16 Jun 1665	E	1	Robert Dukinfield	c 1642	6 Nov 1729
6 Nov 1729		2	Charles Dukinfield	18 Nov 1670	23 Feb 1742	71
23 Feb 1742		3	William Dukinfield (Dukinfield-Daniell from 1746)	c 1725	12 Jan 1758
12 Jan 1758		4	Samuel Dukinfield	c 1716	15 May 1768
15 May 1768		5	Nathaniel Dukinfield	13 Jun 1746	20 Oct 1824	78
20 Oct 1824		6	John Lloyd Dukinfield	3 Feb 1785	7 Dec 1836	51
7 Dec 1836		7	Henry Robert Dukinfield	1 Jan 1791	24 Jan 1858	67
to			Extinct on his death
24 Jan 1858
			DUNBAR of Baldoon,Wigtown
13 Oct 1664	NS		See "Hope-Dunbar"
			DUNBAR of Mochrum,Wigtown
29 Mar 1694	NS	1	James Dunbar		1718
1718		2	George Dunbar		Oct 1747
Oct 1747		3	James Dunbar		16 Apr 1782
16 Apr 1782		4	George Dunbar		15 Oct 1799
			For information on the death of this baronet,
			see the note at the foot of this page
15 Oct 1799		5	George Dunbar	c 1750	10 Oct 1811
10 Oct 1811		6	William Rowe Dunbar	19 Oct 1776	22 Jun 1841	64
22 Jun 1841		7	William Dunbar	2 Mar 1812	19 Dec 1889	77
			MP for Wigtown 1857-1865
19 Dec 1889		8	Uthred James Hay Dunbar	26 Feb 1843	4 Sep 1904	61
4 Sep 1904		9	William Cospatrick Dunbar	20 Jul 1844	6 Feb 1931	86
6 Feb 1931		10	James George Hawker Roland Dunbar	6 Sep 1862	23 Jan 1953	90
23 Jan 1953		11	Richard Sutherland Dunbar	7 Jun 1873	25 Jan 1953	79
25 Jan 1953		12	Adrian Ivor Dunbar	11 Jun 1893	14 Jun 1977	84
			For further information on this baronet,see
			the note at the foot of this page
14 Jun 1977		13	Jean Ivor Dunbar	4 Apr 1918	15 Aug 1993	75
			For further information on this baronet,see
			the note at the foot of this page
15 Aug 1993		14	James Michael Dunbar	17 Jan 1950
			DUNBAR of Durn,Banff
29 Jan 1698	NS	1	William Dunbar		c 1710
c 1710		2	James Dunbar	9 Jan 1668	Nov 1737	69
Nov 1737		3	William Dunbar		28 Jan 1786
28 Jan 1786		4	James Dunbar		20 Jan 1812
Jan 1812		5	Robert Dunbar	6 Jan 1780	11 Nov 1813	33
11 Nov 1813		6	William Dunbar	16 May 1804	27 Nov 1881	77
27 Nov 1881		7	Drummond Miles Dunbar	21 Nov 1845	4 Jan 1903	57
4 Jan 1903		8	George Alexander Drummond Dunbar	10 May 1879	25 Jun 1949	70
25 Jun 1949		9	Drummond Cospatrick Ninian Dunbar	9 May 1917	12 Jun 2000	83
12 Jun 2000		10	Robert Drummond Cospatrick Dunbar	17 Jun 1958
			DUNBAR of Northfield,Moray
11 Apr 1700	NS	1	William Dunbar		1711
1711		2	Robert Dunbar		1742
1742		3	Patrick Dunbar	c 1676	5 Apr 1763
			MP for Buteshire and Caithness 1727-1734
5 Apr 1763		4	Archibald Dunbar	c 1693	13 Jan 1769
13 Jan 1769		5	Alexander Dunbar	12 Jan 1742	20 Dec 1791	49
20 Dec 1791		6	Archibald Dunbar	30 Jun 1772	29 Mar 1847	74
29 Mar 1847		7	Archibald Dunbar	5 Jul 1803	6 Jan 1898	94
6 Jan 1898		8	Archibald Hamilton Dunbar	5 Apr 1828	6 Jun 1910	82
6 Jun 1910		9	Charles Gordon-Cumming Dunbar	14 Feb 1844	8 Jan 1916	71
8 Jan 1916		10	Archibald Edward Dunbar	17 Feb 1889	15 Jun 1969	80
15 Jun 1969		11	Archibald Ranulph Dunbar	8 Aug 1927	30 Nov 2015	88
30 Nov 2015		12	Edward Horace Dunbar	18 Mar 1977
			DUNBAR of Hempriggs,Caithness
21 Dec 1706	NS	1	James Dunbar	after 1676	c Oct 1724
			MP for Caithness 1710-1713
c Oct 1724		2	William Dunbar		12 Jun 1793
12 Jun 1793		3	Benjamin Dunbar,Lord Duffus	28 Apr 1761	27 Jan 1843	81
27 Jan 1843		4	George Sutherland Dunbar,Lord Duffus	6 Jan 1799	28 Aug 1875	76
28 Aug 1875		5	Benjamin Duff	1808	7 Dec 1897	89
7 Dec 1897		6	George Duff-Sutherland-Dunbar	29 May 1878	8 Apr 1962	83
8 Apr 1962		7	George Cospatrick Duff-Sutherland-Dunbar	3 Aug 1906	4 Feb 1963	56
4 Feb 1963		8	Maureen Daisy Helen Dunbar	19 Aug 1906	15 Feb 1997	90
			One of only five female baronets - see
			also Bolles created 1635,Dalyell created 1685,
			Maxwell created 1682 and Wishart created 1706
			For further information on this baronetess,see
			the note at the foot of this page
15 Feb 1997		9	Richard Francis Dunbar	8 Jan 1945
			DUNBAR of Boath,Nairn
19 Sep 1814	UK	1	James Dunbar	12 Feb 1770	Jan 1836	65
Jan 1836		2	Frederic William Dunbar	1819	29 Dec 1851	32
29 Dec 1851		3	James Alexander Dunbar	1821	7 Oct 1883	62
7 Oct 1883		4	Alexander James Dunbar	22 Nov 1870	15 Nov 1900	29
			For information on the death of this baronet,
			see the note at the foot of this page
15 Nov 1900		5	Frederick George Dunbar	27 Apr 1875	31 Dec 1937	62
to			Extinct on his death
31 Dec 1937
			DUNCAN of Marylebone,London
9 Aug 1764	GB	1	William Duncan	c 1715	1 Oct 1774
to			Extinct on his death
1 Oct 1774
			DUNCAN of Horsforth Hall,Yorks
9 Dec 1905	UK	1	Surr William Duncan	14 Jan 1834	3 Dec 1908	74
3 Dec 1908		2	Frederick William Duncan	12 Aug 1859	26 Feb 1929	69
26 Feb 1929		3	Charles Edgar Oliver Duncan	13 Aug 1892	20 Sep 1964	72
to			Extinct on his death
20 Sep 1964
			DUNCAN of Jordanstone,Perth
13 Jun 1957	UK	1	James Alexander Lawson Duncan	1899	30 Sep 1974	75
to			MP for Kensington North 1931-1945 and
30 Sep 1974			Angus South 1950-1964
			Extinct on his death
			DUNCOMBE of Tangley Park,Surrey
4 Feb 1662	E	1	Francis Duncombe		4 Nov 1670
4 Nov 1670		2	William Duncombe	1658	21 Jul 1706	48
to			Extinct on his death
Jul 1706
			DUNCOMBE of Great Brickhill,Bucks
25 May 1859	UK		See "Pauncefort-Duncombe"
			DUNCOMBE of Wood Hall,Herts
16 May 1919	UK	1	George Augustus Duncombe	25 May 1848	22 Nov 1933	85
to			Extinct on his death
22 Nov 1933
			DUNDAS of Kerse,Linlithgow
16 Nov 1762	GB	1	Lawrence Dundas	c 1710	21 Sep 1781
			For details of the special remainder included
			in this creation, see the note at the foot of
			this page
			MP for Lanark 1747-1748, Newcastle
			under Lyme 1762-1768 and Edinburgh 1768-
			1780 and 1781
21 Sep 1781		2	Thomas Dundas	16 Feb 1741	14 Jun 1820	79
			He was subsequently created Baron
			Dundas (qv) in 1794. Currently the
			baronetcy remains merged with the
			Marquessate of Zetland
			DUNDAS of Richmond,Surrey
22 May 1815	UK	1	David Dundas		10 Jan 1826
10 Jan 1826		2	William Dundas	10 Dec 1777	Nov 1840	62
Nov 1840		3	James Fullerton Dundas		16 Jun 1848
16 Jun 1848		4	John Burnet Dundas	17 Nov 1794	2 Sep 1868	73
to			Extinct on his death
2 Sep 1868
			DUNDAS of Beechwood,Midlothian
24 Aug 1821	UK	1	Robert Dundas	30 Jul 1761	28 Dec 1835	74
28 Dec 1835		2	David Dundas	23 Aug 1803	22 Mar 1877	73
22 Mar 1877		3	Sydney James Dundas	3 Jun 1849	24 Sep 1904	55
24 Sep 1904		4	Charles Henry Dundas	1 Jan 1851	22 Nov 1908	57
22 Nov 1908		5	George Whyte Melville Dundas	16 Apr 1856	23 Oct 1934	78
23 Oct 1934		6	Robert Whyte-Melville Dundas	31 Oct 1881	10 Oct 1981	99
to			Extinct on his death
10 Oct 1981
			DUNDAS of Arniston,Midlothian
18 Jun 1898	UK	1	Robert Dundas	23 Mar 1823	11 Nov 1909	86
11 Nov 1909		2	Robert Dundas	28 Jul 1857	12 Dec 1910	53
12 Dec 1910		3	Henry Herbert Philip Dundas	4 Sep 1866	5 Feb 1930	63
5 Feb 1930		4	Philip Dundas	8 Nov 1899	23 Feb 1952	52
23 Feb 1952		5	Henry Matthew Dundas	17 May 1937	24 Jun 1963	26
24 Jun 1963		6	James Durham Dundas	31 Aug 1905	18 Jun 1967	61
18 Jun 1967		7	Thomas Calderwood Dundas	27 Nov 1906	2 Dec 1970	64
to			Extinct on his death
2 Dec 1970
			DUNGAN of Castletown,Kildare
23 Oct 1623	I	1	Walter Dungan		21 Dec 1626
21 Dec 1626		2	John Dungan	c 1603	c 1650
c 1650		3	Walter Dungan	c 1625	c 1686
c 1686		4	William Dungan	c 1630	Dec 1698
			He was subsequently created Earl of
			Limerick (qv) in 1686 with which title the
			baronetcy then merged until its extinction
			in 1715
			DUNLOP of Dunlop,Ayr
28 Jul 1838	UK	1	John Dunlop	1806	3 Apr 1839	36
			MP for Ayrshire 1835-1839
3 Apr 1839		2	James Dunlop	27 Aug 1830	10 Feb 1858	27
to			Extinct on his death
10 Feb 1858
			DUNLOP of Woodbourne,Renfrew
6 Jul 1916	UK	1	Sir Thomas Dunlop	2 Aug 1855	29 Jan 1938	82
29 Jan 1938		2	Thomas Dunlop	17 Nov 1881	8 Mar 1963	81
8 Mar 1963		3	Thomas Dunlop	11 Apr 1912	18 Aug 1999	87
18 Aug 1999		4	Thomas Dunlop	22 Apr 1951
			DUNN of Lakenheath,Suffolk
29 Jul 1895	UK	1	William Dunn	22 Sep 1833	31 Mar 1912	78
to			MP for Paisley 1891-1906
31 Mar 1912			Extinct on his death
			DUNN of Clitheroe,Lancs
25 Jun 1917	UK	1	Sir William Henry Dunn	8 Oct 1856	12 Jun 1926	69
			MP for Southwark West 1910
12 Jun 1926		2	John Henry Dunn	12 Dec 1890	3 Oct 1971	80
to			Extinct on his death
3 Oct 1971			For further information on this baronet,see
			the note at the foot of this page
			DUNN of Bathurst,New Brunswick,Canada
13 Jan 1921	UK	1	James Hamet Dunn	29 Oct 1875	1 Jan 1956	80
1 Jan 1956		2	Philip Gordon Dunn	26 Oct 1905	20 Jun 1976	70
to			Extinct on his death
20 Jun 1976
			DUNNELL of York,Yorks
11 Jan 1922	UK	1	Sir Robert Francis Dunnell	26 Jul 1868	16 Jul 1960	91
to			Extinct on his death
16 Jul 1960
			DUNNING of Beedinglee,Sussex
24 Jun 1930	UK	1	Sir Leonard Dunning	17 Jun 1860	8 Feb 1941	80
8 Feb 1941		2	William Leonard Dunning	13 Nov 1903	10 Sep 1961	57
10 Sep 1961		3	Simon William Patrick Dunning	14 Dec 1939	28 Jan 2025	85
to			Extinct on his death
28 Jan 2025
			DUNNINGTON-JEFFERSON
			of Thorganby Hall,Yorks
7 Jul 1958	UK	1	Sir John Alexander Dunnington-Jefferson	10 Apr 1884	12 Apr 1979	95
12 Apr 1979		2	Mervyn Stewart Dunnington-Jefferson	5 Aug 1943	9 Jan 2014	70
9 Jan 2014		3	John Alexander Dunnington-Jefferson	23 Mar 1980
			DUNTZE of Tiverton,Devon
8 Nov 1774	GB	1	John Duntze	c 1735	5 Feb 1795
			MP for Tiverton 1768-1795
5 Feb 1795		2	John Duntze	c 1765	21 Jun 1830
21 Jun 1830		3	John Lewis Duntze	16 Aug 1809	7 Sep 1884	75
7 Sep 1884		4	George Alexander Duntze	27 Jan 1839	2 May 1922	83
2 May 1922		5	George Puxley Duntze	6 Dec 1873	20 May 1947	73
20 May 1947		6	George Edwin Douglas Duntze	1 Jun 1913	20 May 1985	71
20 May 1985		7	John Alexander Duntze	13 Nov 1909	23 Aug 1987	77
23 Aug 1987		8	Daniel Evans Duntze	4 Apr 1926
			DUPREE of Craneswater,Hants
24 Jan 1921	UK	1	Sir William Thomas Dupree	4 Sep 1856	2 Mar 1933	76
2 Mar 1933		2	William Dupree	5 Mar 1882	30 Jan 1953	70
30 Jan 1953		3	Vernon Dupree	23 Dec 1884	4 Sep 1971	86
4 Sep 1971		4	Victor Dupree	19 Dec 1887	11 Aug 1976	88
11 Aug 1976		5	Peter Dupree	20 Feb 1924	12 Sep 2006	82
12 Sep 2006		6	Thomas William James David Dupree	5 Feb 1930	29 Jun 2013	83
to			Extinct on his death
29 Jun 2013
			DURAND of Ruckley Grange,Salop
8 Apr 1892	UK	1	Edward Law Durand	5 Jun 1845	1 Jul 1920	75
1 Jul 1920		2	Edward Percy Marion Durand	11 Jul 1884	4 Mar 1955	70
4 Mar 1955		3	Alan Algernon Marion Durand	14 Oct 1893	16 Feb 1971	77
16 Feb 1971		4	Henry Mortimer Dickon Marion
			St.George Durand	19 Jun 1934	24 Oct 1992	58
24 Oct 1992		5	Edward Alan Christopher David Percy Durand	21 Feb 1974
			DURNING-LAWRENCE of King's Ride,Berks
10 Mar 1898	UK	1	Edward Durning-Lawrence	2 Feb 1837	21 Apr 1914	77
to			MP for Truro 1895-1906
21 Apr 1914			Extinct on his death
			DURRANT of Scottow,Norfolk
22 Jan 1784	GB	1	Thomas Durrant	c 1722	6 Sep 1790
6 Sep 1790		2	Thomas Durrant	1775	22 May 1829	53
22 May 1829		3	Henry Thomas Estridge Durrant	4 May 1807	16 May 1861	54
16 May 1861		4	Henry Josias Durrant	2 Sep 1838	6 Apr 1875	36
6 Apr 1875		5	William Robert Estridge Durrant	19 Aug 1840	17 Dec 1912	72
17 Dec 1912		6	William Henry Estridge Durrant	23 Dec 1872	22 Jul 1953	80
22 Jul 1953		7	William Henry Estridge Durrant	1 Apr 1901	13 Jul 1994	93
13 Jul 1994		8	William Alexander Estridge Durrant	26 Nov 1929	26 Aug 2018	88
26 Aug 2018		9	David Alexander Durrant	1 Jul 1960
			DUTRY of London
19 Jun 1716	GB	1	Dennis Dutry		20 Oct 1728
to			Extinct on his death
20 Oct 1728
			DUTTON of Sherborne,Dorset
22 Jun 1678	E	1	Ralph Dutton	c 1645	by Mar 1721
			MP for Gloucestershire 1679-1685 and
			1689-1698
by Mar 1721		2	John Dutton	2 Jan 1684	1 Feb 1743	59
to			MP for Gloucestershire 1727-1734
1 Feb 1743			Extinct on his death
			DUVEEN of Milbank,Westminster
15 Feb 1927	UK	1	Sir Joseph Duveen	14 Oct 1869	25 May 1939	69
			He was subsequently created Baron Duveen
			(qv) in 1933 with which title the
			baronetcy then merged until its extinction
			in 1939
			DYCER of Uphall,Herts
18 Mar 1661	E	1	Robert Dycer	c 1595	26 Aug 1667
26 Aug 1667		2	Robert Dycer	c 1644	c 1675
c 1675		3	Robert Dycer	1667	1676	9
to			Extinct on his death
1676
			DYER of Staughton,Hunts
8 Jun 1627	E	1	Lodowick Dyer	c 1605	15 Nov 1669
to			Extinct on his death
Nov 1669
			DYER of Tottenham,Middlesex
6 Jul 1678	E	1	William Dyer		27 Jan 1681
27 Jan 1681		2	John Swinnerton Dyer	c 1656	17 May 1701
17 May 1701		3	Swinnerton Dyer	15 Feb 1688	4 Mar 1736	48
4 Mar 1736		4	John Swinnerton Dyer	c 1692	3 Feb 1754
3 Feb 1754		5	Thomas Dyer	12 Mar 1694	1780	86
1780		6	John Swinnerton Dyer	20 Nov 1738	21 Mar 1801	62
21 Mar 1801		7	Thomas Richard Swinnerton Dyer	c 1770	12 Apr 1838
12 Apr 1838		8	Thomas Swinnerton Dyer	6 Oct 1770	27 Nov 1854	84
27 Nov 1854		9	Thomas Dyer	10 Dec 1799	31 Oct 1878	78
31 Oct 1878		10	Swinnerton Halliday Dyer	4 Jun 1833	16 Mar 1882	48
16 Mar 1882		11	Thomas Swinnerton Dyer	3 Oct 1859	23 Aug 1907	47
23 Aug 1907		12	John Swinnerton Dyer	27 May 1891	31 Jul 1917	26
31 Jul 1917		13	John Lodovick Swinnerton Dyer	20 Jan 1914	2 Aug 1940	26
2 Aug 1940		14	Leonard Whitworth Swinnerton Dyer	30 Oct 1875	19 Aug 1947	71
19 Aug 1947		15	Leonard Schroeder Swinnerton Dyer	30 Mar 1898	10 Jun 1975	77
10 Jun 1975		16	(Henry) Peter Francis Swinnerton Dyer	2 Aug 1927	26 Dec 2018	91
26 Dec 2018		17	David Dyer Bennet	1954
			DYKE of Horsham,Sussex
3 Mar 1677	E	1	Thomas Dyke	c 1650	31 Oct 1706
			MP for Sussex 1685-1687 and East Grinstead
			1689-1698
31 Oct 1706		2	Thomas Dyke	c 1700	20 Aug 1756
20 Aug 1756		3	John Dixon Dyke	23 Nov 1732	6 Sep 1810	77
6 Sep 1810		4	Thomas Dyke	29 Dec 1763	22 Nov 1831	67
22 Nov 1831		5	Percival Hart Dyke	27 Dec 1767	4 Aug 1846	78
4 Aug 1846		6	Percival Hart Dyke	9 Jun 1799	12 Nov 1875	76
12 Nov 1875		7	William Hart Dyke	7 Aug 1837	3 Jul 1931	93
			MP for Kent West 1865-1868, Kent Mid
			1868-1885 and Dartford 1885-1906
			Chief Secretary for Ireland 1885-1886.
			Vice President of the Council on Education
			1887-1892. PC 1880  PC [I] 1885
3 Jul 1931		8	Oliver Hamilton Augustus Hart Dyke	4 Sep 1885	9 Jul 1969	83
9 Jul 1969		9	Derek William Hart Dyke	4 Dec 1924	14 Sep 1987	62
14 Sep 1987		10	David William Hart Dyke	5 Jan 1955
			DYKE-ACLAND of Columb John,Devon
			See "Acland"
			DYMOKE of Scrivelsby,Lincs
Apr 1841	UK	1	Henry Dymoke	5 Mar 1801	28 Apr 1865	63
to			Extinct on his death
28 Apr 1865			For information regarding his family's hereditary
			role as King's/Queen's Champion, see the note below
			Sir Henry Bate Dudley, 1st and only baronet
			The following biography of Sir Henry Bate Dudley appeared in the January 1974 issue of the
			Australian monthly magazine "Parade." The article uses the surname of "Bate" throughout, but
			it should be noted that he changed his name to "Dudley" in 1784 in compliance with the will
			of a relative.
			'It was not unusual in the 18th century for a parson to edit a newspaper, but it was most
			uncommon for a man of Rev. Henry Bate's background to control a sheet as shameless and
			vice-ridden as the London Morning Post. Apparently he could see nothing wrong in a man of
			his station presiding over a newspaper that carried advertisements giving the addresses of all
			the "Ladies of Piccadilly". As the editor, the Rev. Bate had several failings - a vituperative pen
			combined with a penchant for character assassination that landed him in one libel suit after
			another, as well as gaol. Then there was the matter of his brawling. Henry Bate could not resist
			a good fight - with pistols, swords or bare knuckles. And to prove his versatility the clergyman-
			editor also wrote several bawdy plays, "produced," said one of his critics, "in the intervals of his
			gallantries and debaucheries."
			'Nevertheless, Henry Bate, born on August 25, 1745, the son of a country clergyman, was
			nothing more than a typical product of an age of licence and tyranny, of the subjugation of an
			old culture and the flowering of a new. It was an era that saw the emergence of great figures
			of art and literature like Garrick, Sheridan, Gainsborough, and Mrs. Sarah Siddons, the actress.
			Co-existing with this artistic revolution was the vicious social licentiousness in the courts of the
			Georges, the blatant immorality of the upper classes, the gambling dens, the bare-knuckle
			pugilists. Then there were the macaronis (high­born hoodlums) whose chief recreation was
			brawling with pistols, swords, and bare fists.
			'The Rev. Henry Bate involved himself in all phases of this new age, giving his friendship and aid
			to celebrities in all walks of life and fighting the macaronis with his invincible brawling technique.
			He went to gaol for libel but ended his career in triumph - a magistrate in seven English counties
			and four in Ireland, a baronet and a prebendary of Ely Cathedral.
			'After passing through Queen's College, Oxford, Henry Bate took orders and later succeeded to
			his father's country vicarage. It did not take the young parson long to discover that preaching
			the Word in the country made no appeal to his effervescent nature. City life seemed more
			alluring so he packed his bags and set out for London - and his fortune.
			'When Henry Bate became editor of the newly-launched Morning Post he quickly turned it into
			one of London's less reputable journals. He accepted advertisements from street women and
			filled the rest of the paper with scandalous attacks on prominent personalities.
			'Bate's first brawl concerned a paragraph he had published discrediting the good name of Lady
			Strathmore (qv), betrothed of Captain Stoney. Stoney demanded satisfaction, and behind
			locked doors in a tavern the clergyman gave it to him in the form of a sword blade that actually
			bent on the captain's breast bone. Still, it was not until Bate had his first clash with the
			macaronis that London dubbed him with the title, The Fighting Parson. Bate was sitting in
			Vauxhall Gardens (then the beat of prostitutes) with a relative and actress, Mrs. Hartley, when
			a mob of macaronis began staring at the lady and making lewd remarks. Bate's temper flared
			and his loudly-expressed opinion of the larrikins drew a duel challenge from the macaronis'
			leader, Captain Croftes.
			'At once another macaroni, Fighting Fitzgerald (whose career ended in a hangman's noose),
			claimed that his friend, "Captain" Miles, should have the honour of putting the parson in his
			place. At any rate, the parson and Miles retired to the Spread Eagle tavern where a room was
			cleared and the combatants fell to. Soon after, Miles was carried out, his face pulped by Bate's
			hammering fists. Later, the Morning Post carried a story revealing that Miles, far from being a
			captain, was actually a pug hired by Fitzgerald to beat up the parson. The fact that Bate was
			much smaller than the hired pugilist proved that the clergyman was no mean exponent of the
			manly art.
			'After that set-to a pamphleteer offered the macaronis this advice:-
			"If I can see clear, you get nothing by writing.
			And I'm sure, my dear boys, you've got nothing by fighting.
			By St. Patrick you may faith, as well fight a host,
			As attack this black priest and his scandalous Post."
			'The Fighting Parson did not have to wait long for his next brawl which began when the Morning
			Post described a Frenchman, de Morande, as a spy. In retaliation, de Morande suggested that
			Mrs. Bate was a prostitute. Swords were chosen this time and within ten minutes Bate, inflamed
			with rage, was roaring his threats to slice to pieces the already badly cut de Morande. Finally
			de Morande, lying on the floor, swore that Mrs. Bate had the virtue of an angel and the clergy-
			man's honour was satisfied.
			'Bate's next duel was with pistols. And his opponent was not a macaroni or an insulted
			Frenchman but a law student employed by the Morning Post. While the cause of the dispute is
			not clear the Press gave an excellent coverage of the event. One reporter wrote: "The chance
			of the first shot falling to Mr. Bate (he was always lucky) he discharged his pistol and hit his
			opponent in the fleshy part of the right arm. The student thus handicapped returned the fire
			without effect and the seconds intervened."
			'Meanwhile, although he was busy perpetrating libels in the Morning Post and then duelling his
			way out of them, the Rev. Bate found time to write six comic operas and a number of bawdy
			plays, his best known being 'High Life Below Stairs' and 'The Blackamoor Washed White.' The
			star of the Blackamoor was his protégé, the inimitable, talented Mrs. Sarah Siddons. Yet even
			her brilliance could not save the play. It ran for only one night and then ended in a rip-roaring
			riot. The trouble was that the play was laden with libels against prominent citizens and Bate
			used the Morning Post to let them know before the play opened that they would be receiving
			dishonourable mention.
			'The butts of the play's heavy satire turned up in force but Bate, supported by specially-hired
			pugilists stationed at strategic points, was ready for them. Half-way through the play the
			booing began and the pugilists moved in. The curtain came down as one of the finest
			theatrical brawls in London's history got into full swing. And that unfinished performance of
			'The Blackamoor Washed White' was the only airing the play ever got.
			'The Rev. Bate continued feeding his readers with scurrilous gossip and the addresses of
			Piccadilly's ladies until one day he got his teeth into an unusually juicy rumour. England, at the
			time, was full of stories that the French intended launching an invasion. In the midst of national
			panic Bate published a story alleging that the Duke of Richmond was in treasonable
			correspondence with the enemy. There was no duel this time. Instead, the editor was brought
			before a court, found guilty of criminal libel and sentenced to 12 months' gaol. Not that the
			parson was imprisoned immediately for the Gordon rioters had burned down the King's Bench
			Prison and Bate had to wait until it was again habitable.
			'At any rate, after serving his term, Bate was set free to find that he had been replaced in the
			Morning Post's editorial chair by another, and even more dishonourable parson, William Jackson.
			[c 1737-1795. An interesting character, he was charged with high treason in 1795. After being
			found guilty, he collapsed and died in the dock, probably from poison brought to him by his wife
			with whom he had breakfasted in his cell.] When Jackson set himself to the task of beating the
			former editor's libel record, Bate founded the Morning Herald.
			'No one was going to out-libel the Rev. Henry Bate and no one was going to write more vicious
			editorials. At least that seemed to be the Morning Herald's policy. Another of the new paper's
			policies was support for the aristocratic Whigs. And it played this role with all the gusto of a
			Sheridan play. In fact one of the Herald's writers was Bate's friend, the playwright Richard
			Brinsley Sheridan, author of 'School for Scandal.'
			'But if Bate had some notable friends he had a whole army of equally famous enemies including
			the celebrated critic and wit, Dr. Samuel Johnson. Discussing Bate, Johnson said to his
			biographer James Boswell: "I will not allow this man to have merit....I will allow him courage.
			We have more respect for a man who robs boldly on the highway than for a fellow who jumps
			out of a ditch and knocks you down behind you back."
			'It was about this time that Bate inherited a large sum of money and once again his thoughts
			turned to the peace he felt existed only within the church. He decided to return to the active
			ministry and after buying a living (a parish with an income) at Bradwell in Essex he spent
			$60,000 of his own money rebuilding the church and reclaiming land. Promptly the Crown
			claimed the land (with the Rev. Bate's improvement) and handed it over lock, stock and barrel
			to the chaplain-general.
			'After that Bate bought another in Ireland before becoming rector of Willingham in Cambridge-
			shire. Soon after he was created a baronet. When the Rev. Henry Bate, Bart., Justice of the
			Peace, Rector Prebendary of Ely Cathedral died, England had forgotten his scurrilous scandal
			sheets, Only his amazing ability with fists, swords and pistols remained in memory.'
			Sir George Dunbar, 4th baronet  [NS 1694]
			Sir George committed suicide in October 1799, as reported in the 'Courier and Evening
			Gazette' of 29 October 1799:-
			'Sir George was Major in the 14th regiment of dragoons now quartered there [Norwich], and
			was unhappily involved in a dispute at mess with his brother officers. Into the merits of that
			dispute, considering the melancholy consequence that has ensued, it would be highly
			indelicate to enter. Sir George was, certainly, a man of quick sensibility, which may have
			betrayed him into error on the occasion; but whichever party was to blame, the quarrel was
			most violent; the business made a most deep impression on his mind. For the two successive
			days he neither took food or slept, and his melancholy appearance filled his family with the
			most lively apprehensions. Lady Dunbar locked up his razors, pistols, etc. and watched him
			with unceasing vigilance. Her distress at seeing him so wretched was very great, and on
			Monday night she moaned very much, and was quite restless. Sir George said, "Maria, you
			disturb me, I will get up," which he immediately did, put on his watch-coat, and lay down on
			the floor. Lady Dunbar then endeavoured to conceal the anguish of her mind, in hopes to
			pacify him, and being overcome with watching, fell asleep. Sir George, as soon as he perceived
			it, left the room, and at about five or six in the morning of Tuesday walked out. Her Ladyship,
			when she awoke, being much alarmed by his absence, eagerly inquired for him, and was told,
			he had taken a morning's walk, having a violent head-ache, and thinking the air would do him
			good. This, however, proved only a pretence, for he gone to purchase a case of pistols, and
			stood by while the bullets were casting, which, with the pistols, he brought home concealed
			under his watch-coat. On his return he went to Lady Dunbar, who took hold of his hand,
			observing at the time, "How cold you are!" To which he answered "Yes, I shall be better
			presently." She then proposed to make breakfast; but he declined it, saying, that he had a
			letter to write first, and that he would ring to let her know when he should have it finished.
			He then parted from her, after pressing her hand very hard, went to his study, wrote his will,
			and instantly after blew out his brains. Lady Dunbar, who heard the report of the pistol, ran
			down into the room, and fell insensible on his body, which lay extended on the floor, from
			which she was taken up all covered with his blood. On Wednesday night his remains were
			interred with military honours at St. Peter's church; the Dean having refused leave, which was
			applied for, to have him buried in the Cathedral.'
			Sir Adrian Ivor Dunbar, 12th baronet and Sir Jean Ivor Dunbar, 13th baronet  [NS 1694]
			Within the space of three days in January 1953, there were three holders of this baronetcy.
			The 10th baronet died on 23 January 1953, following which the 11th baronet enjoyed the
			title for only 2 days before dying on 25 January 1953. He was succeeded by his cousin, Sir
			Adrian Ivor Dunbar, to whom the following article from the 'Canberra Times' of 10 November
			1953 relates:-
			'A baronet, who was until recently an odd-job man in a small American town, arrived at
			Southampton yesterday [8 November 1953] to claim his ancestral home.
			'The ancestral home is a derelict 40-room mansion, overrun with weeds, in south-west
			Scotland.
			'The baronet, Sir Adrian Ivor Dunbar, became the twelfth baronet of Dunbar through the death
			of two former baronets within 48 hours last January.
			'To get from Upper Fairmont, Maryland, to England, the 60-year old baronet had to auction
			his small farm.
			'As well as the mansion, he gets 15 tenanted farms, a 3,000-odd acre estate and an
			undisclosed sum of money.
			Sir Adrian must pay about £300 annually in rates for his derelict mansion, but he will receive
			about £2,000 annually, less tax, in rents from farms.'
			The 12th baronet died in 1977, and was succeeded by his son, Sir Jean Ivor Dunbar, 13th
			baronet. In late 1983, however, the half-brother of the 11th baronet (the one who had been
			baronet for two days in 1953) challenged the right of Sir Jean Ivor Dunbar to the title. The
			following edited report appeared in 'The Times' on 19 December 1983:-
			'Lord Lyon King of Arms, who rules on matters of nobility in Scotland, holds public court today
			for only the third time this century. The court will hear the claim by a colonel, aged 90, that
			he is the rightful baronet, Dunbar of Mochrum. If the colonel succeeds, his French-born cousin,
			Sir Jean Dunbar, aged 65, son of an Anzac soldier and a Belgian mother - who moved from
			poverty in New York to live in Florida on the family trust's income when he inherited in 1977 -
			will lose the title.
			'Matters of bigamy and bastardy under ancient Scottish marriage laws and customs will be
			argued by experts showing their dual role as heralds and lawyers by wearing heralds' tabards
			but discarding heralds' hats for legal wigs. They will discuss such matters as the "handfast"
			marriage - by which a couple could marry by clasping hands and swearing their vows before
			witnesses - which was the basis of the old Gretna Green ceremony, by which illegitimate
			children became legitimized by appearing from underneath their mother's cloak when her
			marriage was solemnized in church.
			'The claimant is Colonel William Dunbar, now living in Herne Bay, Kent, half-brother of the
			eleventh baronet, Sir Richard Dunbar. Their father caused the complication by marrying twice
			and marrying his second wife, Grace, William's mother, during the lifetime of his first wife,
			Helen, Richard's mother. He and Grace went through a second marriage ceremony in 1912,
			after Helen's death.
			'Sir Richard was baronet for only two days, succeeding his and William's cousin, Sir James
			Dunbar, in 1953. When he died the title went to another cousin, Sir Jean's father Adrian, a
			colourful character who was brought up in Canada, went to Australia, joined the Australian
			army and fathered Jean in France. Doubts were cast on Jean's legitimacy by his half-brothers
			when his father died, but it was proved by Mr. Hugh Peskett, now research director of Burke's
			Peerage, who travelled the world to rediscover the marriage lines of Jean's parents.
			'Jean, who had been a sergeant in the US army in the Second World War, [and who] then
			became a jockey, had fallen on hard times and was working in a New York factory when he
			inherited. '
			On 26 June 1984, 'The Times' reported on the outcome of the Colonel's claim:-
			'Colonel William Dunbar, aged 90, a retired British Army officer, yesterday failed in his petition
			to succeed to the ancient Scottish baronetcy of Dunbar of Mochrum. Lord Lyon King of Arms,
			who rules on matters of nobility in Scotland, dismissed the petition in which Colonel Dunbar,
			of Herne Bay, Kent, challenged the right of his second cousin, Sir Jean Ivor Dunbar, a former
			American jockey, to the title of thirteenth baronet. With the right to the 289-year old title,
			inherited by Sir Jean in 1977, goes a family trust fund reputedly valued at £1m.
			'Colonel Dunbar told The Times last night : "As a soldier I expect to be wounded or killed. I did
			not contest the title for myself but for my son and grandson and, of course, I am disappointed.
			These have been three years of great anxiety for me which have given me many a sleepless
			night. I have never met my cousin but there will be no hard feelings in the family. That would
			not be right."
			'Sir Jean, aged 66, the French-born son of an Anzac soldier and a Belgian mother who lived in
			poverty in a New York rooming house until he inherited the title from his father, was not
			available last night at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. But his American lawyer…..told The
			Times: "I am absolutely delighted with the outcome. Sir Jean will be glad to have won. It has
			been a long case."
			'In his judgment the Lord Lyon…..said the right to succeed to the title passed irrevocably to
			Sir Jean on 25 November 1954 [the significance of this particular date escapes me]. He is the
			second son and heir to the late Sir Adrian Dunbar, the twelfth baronet, who succeeded to the
			title on January 25, 1953. That was in succession to Sir Richard, the Colonel's half-brother,
			who was baronet for only two days before he died.
			'Complications in the succession arose because the Colonel's father, also Richard, was married
			twice. Colonel Dunbar was the son of the second marriage in 1890. But his parents had to go
			through a second marriage ceremony in 1912 after it was discovered that the first wife had
			not died until 1910 and therefore Colonel Dunbar was illegitimate when born. In his petition to
			the Lyon Court he [the Colonel] claimed that he was legitimated in England in 1959 and in
			Scotland from 1968 at the latest [under the Legitimation (Scotland) Act 1968]. When Jean's
			father succeeded, he argued, his succession was subject to the possibility that a nearer born
			heir might emerge to deprive him of the title.'
			Dame Maureen Daisy Helen Dunbar, baronetess of Hempriggs (eighth in line)  [NS 1706]
			The following article appeared in 'The Times' on 6 August 1965:-
			'A petition by a woman who sought official recognition as a baronetess has been granted by
			the Lyon Court in Edinburgh.
			'The court, in a judgment issued today [5 August], granted a petition brought by Mrs. Maureen
			Daisy Helen Moore or Blake, of The Lees, Malvern, Worcestershire, and recognized her as Dame
			Maureen Daisy Helen Dunbar of Hempriggs, Baronetess.
			'Sir Thomas Innes of Learney, the Lord Lyon King of Arms, ruled that there was no reason why
			a woman could not inherit a baronetcy. The court held that the petitioner had the right to the
			arms of Dunbar of Hempriggs which were matriculated by Sir George Duff Sutherland Dunbar of
			Hempriggs, sixth baronet, and that she is Baronetess of Hempriggs.
			'The Lord Lyon has instructed the Lyon Clerk to matriculate anew, in the Public Register of all
			Arms and Bearings in Scotland, the name of the petitioner as Dame Maureen Daisy Helen
			Dunbar of Hempriggs, Baronetess (Lady Dunbar of Hempriggs). Her husband is Mr. Leonard
			Blake.
			'One of the principal legal points argued before the Lyon Court was whether a female could
			succeed to a baronetcy. In his judgment the Lord Lyon said: "I cannot myself see any reason
			why a woman cannot inherit a baronetcy, just as she would any other hereditary dignity, and
			accordingly I find the petitioner is heir of line, next of blood and representer of the line of
			Dunbar of Hempriggs."
			'He added that the petitioner would be officially recognized in the surname of Dunbar of
			Hempriggs and her son would be recognized as Richard Francis Dunbar of Hempriggs, younger.
			She and her husband, the Lord Lyon added, would doubtless be known as Lady Dunbar of
			Hempriggs and Mr. Blake.
			'Counsel for the petitioner had argued that if a woman could be created a baronetess then
			logically a woman could succeed as a baronetess. The title of baronet is usually limited to
			heirs male of the original holder, but the Dunbar baronetcy of Nova Scotia, which was created
			in 1706, is one of the few with the remainder "to heirs whomsoever". Other Nova Scotia
			baronetcies have in the past been transmitted through females.'
			Sir Alexander James Dunbar, 4th baronet  [UK 1814]
			From 'The Irish Times' of 19 November 1900:-
			'Sir Alexander Dunbar, Bart., of Boath House, near Auldearn, co. Nairn, was found drowned in
			the harbour at Nairn on Saturday afternoon. Sir Alexander, who was 29 years of age, was last
			seen alive on Thursday night in Nairn, when it supposed he left for Boath about 6 o'clock. The
			night was very wild and pitch dark, and it would appear that he attempted to cross the river
			by the lower footbridge, and in the darkness missed his footing. The River Nairn was at high
			flood at the time, and by the direction of the currents his body would have been swept down
			to the harbour.  It was found in the lee of a boat which had been shifted on Saturday morning.'
			The special remainder to the baronetcy of Dundas created in 1762
			From the "London Gazette" of 13 November 1762 (issue 10261, page 2):-
			'The King has been pleased to grant unto Lawrence Dundas, of Upleatham Hall, in Cleveland in
			the County of York, Esq; and to his Issue Male, and in Default of such Issue, to Thomas Dundas,
			Esq; Brother to the said Lawrence Dundas, and his Issue Male, the Dignity of a Baronet of the
			Kingdom of Great Britain.'
			Sir John Henry Dunn, 2nd baronet
			From the 'Manchester Guardian' of 13 May 1949:-
			"John," the checkweigher at Horse Wood opencast coal site, Keresforth Hill, near Barnsley,
			is one of thirteen baronets listed by Burke's Peerage as untraced, it has been discovered. He
			is Sir John Henry Dunn, 58-year-old son of the late Sir William Dunn, of Clitheroe and Regent's
			Park, London, whom he succeeded in July [actually June], 1926. Sir William had been Lord
			Mayor of London [1916-1917] and was M.P. for Southwark [West] in 1910.
			'After being a City of London policeman, a sailor in an Australian ship, an actor in America and
			England, and a journalist, Sir John went to the coal site about four years ago, and there he
			works in a little office issuing load tickets to lorry-drivers, to whom he is just "John."
			The Dymoke family and their hereditary office as King's/Queen's Champion
			The following note is largely derived from two books:-
			"A History of the Coronation" by William John Passingham [Low Marston, London, 1940] and
			"Scrivelsby; the home of the Champions, with some account of the Marmion and Dymoke
			families" by the Rev. Samuel Lodge [Elliot Stock, London, 1893]
			The service of King's Champion has been for centuries the right of the Lords of the Manor of
			Scrivelsby, in Lincolnshire. Notwithstanding the great antiquity of the office of King's Champion,
			the first historical record of the official performance of his duties does not occur until the
			Coronation of King Richard II. Yet for 800 years the King's Champion rendered his feudal service
			for the Manor of Scrivelsby, and in most picturesque and romantic fashion at every coronation
			in the Great Hall of Westminster.
			The office has its origins in the ancient feudal law of trial by combat. His duty was to present
			himself at a certain moment during the second course of the Coronation banquet at
			Westminster Hall, fully armed and mounted on the "second best charger from the King's stables,"
			accompanied by two squires carrying his lance and shield.
			During the years of the Norman and Angevin kings, the King's Champion was numbered amongst
			the most powerful nobles in the kingdom, and the office was regarded with increasing respect
			and significance. At that time the Champion did not wait to make his first dramatic appearance
			in Westminster Hall, but rode in the Coronation procession and proclaimed his challenge during
			the journey as well as at the banquet, but this eventually changed such that the challenge was
			delayed until the banquet in order to emphasize that the challenge was an act of pageantry.
			A loud knocking on the great doors of Westminster Hall, and a fanfare of trumpets announced
			the arrival of the Champion. Immediately the Earl Marshal, who was followed to the entrance by
			the Lord High Constable, answered the summons. The doors were then flung wide open and
			through them came the picturesque cavalcade. Eyewitnesses have described this incident in
			the ceremony as the most striking and colourful spectacle in the whole Coronation proceedings.
			The Heralds came first, followed by the two squires carrying the Champion's arms, and then
			riding between the Earl Marshal and the Lord High Constable, came the King's Champion himself.
			Both horse and rider were fully clad in the finest armour. Usually, an Officer of the Royal
			Household inquired in a loud voice as to the meaning of the intrusion into the King's presence
			and, at a sign from the Champion, one of the Heralds proceeded to read out the Challenge at
			the conclusion of which the Champion flung down his gauntlet to invite any challengers.
			The King's Champion was entitled to receive fees for his service. These fees included the horse,
			saddle and armour and furniture used by him during the ceremony and there was later added a
			gold cup and cover weighing 36 ounces together with 20 yards of crimson satin for his mantle.
			Naturally, there was a catch - the Champion could not claim all of these perquisites if he was
			not challenged and no actual combat took place. Since no challenge has ever been made, the
			Champion's fee came to be recognised as a gold cup and cover.
			Before the Dymokes became the hereditary King's Champions, the office was held by the
			Marmion family. The Marmions were a Norman family living at Fontenay-le Marmion near Caen in
			Normandy. The Marmions acted as hereditary Champions to the Dukes of Normandy. William I
			brought his current Champion, Sir Robert Marmion to England and after the Norman victory at
			Hastings, Sir Robert was granted estates at Tamworth Castle in Warwickshire and the Manor of
			Scrivelsby in Lincolnshire on the same tenure - i.e. to act as King's Champion. He died after
			1086 (he was in possession of the estates at the time of the Domesday Book) and was
			succeeded by his son:-
			Roger Marmion - he held Scrivelsby at the time of the Lindsey Survey (c 1115-1118) and was
			succeeded by his son:-
			Robert Marmion, who was killed in battle in September 1144. He fought for Stephen in the
			civil war against Matilda when he was thrown from his horse and, after landing in a ditch with
			a broken thigh, a common soldier cut off his head. He left by his wife Millicent a son:-
			Robert Marmion, said to have married Elizabeth, daughter of Gervase and who died c 1181,
			leaving a son:-
			Robert Marmion, who married Maud de Beauchamp. He was Justice of Assize in Normandy in
			1177, Sheriff of Worcester 1185-1189 and Justice of the King's Court in England 1184-1205.
			He died in early 1218, and was succeeded by his son:-
			Robert Marmion (usually referred to as 'the elder'), who in 1221 had livery of Tamworth
			Castle and his father's other lands. He married Juliana, daughter of Philip de Vesey and died in
			1241, leaving a son:-
			Philip Marmion, Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire in 1249, received grant of market at
			Scrivelsby from Henry III in 1259, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk 1261-1262 and Sheriff of
			Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire 1263. He married twice, and by his first wife, he had daughters
			named Mazera, Joan and Maud. By his second wife he had another daughter, also, somewhat
			confusingly, named Joan. Philip was the last direct descendant of the Lords of Fontenay, and
			on his death in late 1291, Tamworth Castle passed eventually to Joan, daughter of Mazera. This
			Joan married Alexander de Freville, whose descendants later claimed the role of Champion (see
			below). The other Joan, his daughter by his second wife, inherited the Manor of Scrivelsby. She
			married Thomas de Ludlow, and had a daughter, Margaret Ludlow who married, c 1350, Sir John
			Dymoke.
			The Dymoke Champions:-
			Sir John Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of Richard II on 16 July 1377]. He was born
			c 1325, was MP for Lincolnshire in the Parliaments of October 1372, November 1373 and Octo-
			ber 1377 and died 16 Apr 1381.
			Before the coronation had taken place, Sir Baldwin de Freville, Lord of Tamworth Castle and
			son of Mazera Marmion and uncle of Margaret Ludlow (see above) laid claim to the role of
			Champion in right of his mother. He claimed that the role of Champion went with the ownership of
			Tamworth Castle. The Lord Steward temporarily ruled in Dymoke's favour while allowing time for
			de Freville to produce documents to prove his claim. The Court of Claims set up to deal with this
			matter upheld Dymoke's petition over that of de Freville. De Freville's claim as a descendant of
			the elder Joan Marmion was disallowed because Tamworth Castle was held by "Knight Service"
			[a form of feudal land tenure under which a knight held an estate from an overlord conditional
			upon him as tenant performing military service for his overlord] whereas the Manor of Scrivelsby
			was held in "Grand Sergeanty" [a form of tenure in return for some specified non-standard
			service - in this instance acting as King's Champion]. Although Sir Baldwin did not pursue his
			claim any further, one of his sons again raised the issue, but failed to provide sufficient evidence
			in support of his claim. Since his death in October 1400, the claim of the Dymokes to be
			hereditary King's Champions has not been disputed.
			Sir Thomas Dymoke [Champion at the coronations of Henry IV 13 October 1399 and Henry V
			9 April 1413]. He was born c 1355 and died in 1422. At the time of the coronation of Henry IV,
			Richard II was still alive as a prisoner in the Tower. Everyone at the coronation waited to see
			who, if anyone, would challenge him. Froissart, in his "Chronicles" [Book 4, Chapter 116] says
			"when dinner was half over, a knight of the name of Dymock entered the hall completely armed,
			and mounted on a handsome steed, richly barbed with crimson housings. The knight was armed
			for wager of battle, and was preceded by another knight bearing his lance: he himself had his
			drawn sword in one hand, and his naked dagger by his side. The knight presented the king with
			a written paper, the contents of which were, that if any knight or gentleman should dare to
			maintain that king Henry was not a lawful sovereign, he was ready to offer him combat in the
			presence of the king, when and where he should be pleased to appoint. The king ordered this
			challenge to be proclaimed by herald in six different parts of the town and the hall, to which no
			answer was made."
			Sir Philip Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of Henry VI 6 November 1429]. He was born
			about 1399/1400 (he was aged 22 at his father's death). He died 23 September 1455, leaving:-
			Sir Thomas Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of Edward IV 28 June 1461]. Sir Thomas
			was the King's Champion during the War of the Roses. Because his father had served as
			Champion to Henry VI, Sir Thomas, as his son, felt it his duty to support the Lancastrian cause.
			He and his brother-in-law, Richard, 7th Baron Welles, were beheaded at Stamford, Lincolnshire
			by order of King Edward IV after they had been lured out of the sanctuary of Westminster
			Abbey by false promises of royal pardons.
			Sir Robert Dymoke [Champion at the coronations of Richard III 6 July 1483, Henry VII 30
			October 1485 and Henry VIII 24 June 1509]. He was born c 1461 and died 13 April 1544. The
			following extract from "Union of the Two Noble and Illiustre Families of Lancastre and York"
			written by Edward Hall [1497-1547] and published the year after his death gives a good eye-
			witness description of events at the coronation of Henry VIII:-
			"The second course beyng served: in at the Haule Doore entered a knight, armed at all poyntes,
			his bases rich tissue embrouded, a great plume & a supteous of Oistriche fethers on his helmet,
			sittyng on a great courser trapped in tissue, and embroudered with the armes of England, and
			of Fraunce, and an herald of armes before hym. And passyng through the Haule, presented
			hymself with humble reverence before the Kynge's Majestie, to whom Garter King-of-Heralds
			cried, and said in a loude voice 'Sir Knight! From whence came you, and what is your pretence?'
			This knight's name was Sir Robert Dimmocke, Champion to the Kyng by tenure of his inheritance,
			who answered the saied Kyng-of-Armes in effecte, after this manner: "Sir, the place I come
			from is not material, nor the cause of my repaire hither is not concerning any matter of any
			place or countrey, but only this. And therewithal commaunded his Heralds to make an 'Oyez'.
			Then saied the knight to the Kyng-at-Armes 'now shall ye hear the cause of my commyng and
			pretence.' Then he commanded his Heraulde by proclamacion to saie: 'If there be any persone,
			of what estate or degree soever he be, that will saie or prove that Kyng Henry the Eight is not
			the rightful inheritor and Kyng of this Realme, I, Sir Thomas Dimmocke, here his champion, offer
			my glove, to fight in his querell, with any persone to the utteraunce.'
			Sir Edward Dymoke [Champion at the coronations of Edward VI 20 February 1547, Mary I 1
			October 1553 and Elizabeth I 15 January 1559]. He was born by 1508 and died in September
			1567, having been MP for Lincolnshire in 1547, April 1554 and 1558. His son:-
			Robert Dymoke, who, though never a Champion at a coronation, is somewhat of a Catholic
			hero. He was born in 1537 and died 11 September 1580. He suffered greatly in the anti-Catholic
			reaction which followed the persecution of Protestants under Queen Mary. According to "The
			Catholic Encyclopaedia" he was "Confessor of the Faith….son of Sir Edward Dymoke (d. 1566)
			of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, hereditary King's Champion. In 1579 Dymoke received the martyr-
			priest, blessed Richard Kirkman, at Scrivelsby, and maintained him as schoolmaster to his sons.
			He was himself, at the time, an occasional conformist to the State religion but was reconciled
			in 1580 either by Kirkman or by blessed Edmund Campion. [Campion (1540-1581) was canonized
			in 1970]. In July 1580 Dymoke and his wife, the Lady Bridget, eldest daughter and coheiress of
			Edward Clinton, [1st] Earl of Lincoln, were indicted for hearing Mass and for recusancy. Though
			he was quite helpless owing to paralysis, Dymoke was ordered by Bishop [Thomas] Cooper
			[c 1517-1594, Bishop of Lincoln 1571-1584] to be carried off to gaol, where he died faithful to
			the end. He was much tormented in his last hours by the Protestant ministers who endeavoured
			to pervert him, and who, even when the dying man was half-unconscious, refused to leave him
			in peace. He left several children, his eldest son, Edward [see below], being more than twenty-
			one years of age at the time of his father's death."
			Sir Edward Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of James I 25 July 1603] was born about
			1557 and died 1 August 1624. James' coronation ceremony was meagre and much mutilated
			when compared to previous ceremonies due to a fresh outbreak of the plague in London at the
			time of the coronation. His grandson:-
			Charles Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of Charles I 2 February 1626] was the first
			Champion to appear at a coronation without the knightly spurs. He was a leading Cavalier. Up
			until his death in 1644, the Dymokes had always been a wealthy and influential family, but
			following a break in the direct line of succession, the family fortunes entered a steady decline.
			He was succeeded by his nephew:-
			Sir Edward Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of Charles II 23 April 1661] After the death
			of Charles I in 1649, Sir Edward was singled out for special attention by the regicides. Crippling
			confiscation of property and monetary fines (one of nearly £5000) impoverished the family. Sir
			Edward died in 1664 and was succeeded by his son:-
			Sir Charles Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of James II 23 April 1685]. During his
			performance as Champion at the coronation of James II, he met with an unfortunate accident.
			Having made his challenge, he knelt to kiss the King's hand but stumbled and fell heavily to the
			floor. The weight of his armour made it difficult for him to rise. "See you, love" said the Queen
			[Mary of Modena] derisively. "What a weak Champion you have!" Dymoke died about 1686,
			leaving a son:-
			Charles Dymoke [Champion at the coronations of William III and Mary II 11 April 1689 and
			Anne 23 Apr 1702]. He was born in 1667 and was MP for Lincolnshire from August 1698 until his
			death, aged only 35, on 17 January 1703. His younger brother:-
			Lewis Dymoke [Champion at the coronations of George I 20 October 1714 and George II 11
			October 1727]. Born on 14 February 1669, he succeeded his brother as MP for Lincolnshire in
			Feb 1703. He sat until 1705 and was again MP for Lincolnshire 1710-1713. He died in February
			1760. The office of Champion descended to his cousin Edward Dymoke, who died a short time
			later [17 September 1760] without ever being Champion at a coronation. He was a hatter with
			a shop in Fenchurch Street, London. His son:-
			John Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of George III 22 September 1761]. Since this was
			the first coronation to take place after the defeat of the Young Pretender, fears were expressed
			that at the coronation of George III, the Champion's formal challenge would be accepted by a
			Jacobite. When Dymoke flung down his gauntlet there came over Westminster Hall a tense
			silence and an atmosphere of acute expectation. It was rumoured that none other than Bonnie
			Prince Charlie himself intended to accept the Champion's challenge to mortal combat. Instead,
			an elderly matron stooped down and picked up the gauntlet. "Be careful with your fine gloves,
			young man," she said, reprovingly, and tossing Dymoke his gauntlet, she disappeared among
			the throng amid gales of suppressed laughter. He died 6 March 1784 and was succeeded by
			his son:-
			Lewis Dymoke, born c 1752 and died 12 May 1820. He never acted as Champion, since there
			were no coronations between 1784 when he inherited, and his death. His younger brother:-
			The Rev. John Dymoke, who deemed the office as being incompatible with his functions as a
			clergyman and therefore deputised his son, Henry Dymoke [Champion at the coronation of
			George IV 19 July 1821] to act in his place. This was the last occasion at which the Champion
			went through his coronation role. William IV held no coronation banquet in 1831, and at the
			coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838, it was decided not to include the traditional ride and
			challenge of the Champion, and it has never been revived since that time. The Rev. John died
			3 December 1828 and Henry, who was created a baronet in 1841, supposedly as recompense
			for losing his role at the coronation of Victoria, died 28 April 1865, when the baronetcy became
			extinct. Although no longer required to make the challenge, the office still lives on. The descent
			of the title of King's Champion has been as follows. The Rev. John Dymoke's younger son:-
			John Dymoke, rector of Scrivelsby (1804-Novenber 1873). His son:-
			Henry Lionel Dymoke (1832-December 1875). His kinsman:-
			Francis Seaman Dymoke (c 1827-2 June 1893) His son:-
			Francis Seaman Dymoke (24 July 1862-28 August 1946). At the coronation of Edward VII on
			9 August 1902, he bore the Standard of England in Westminster Abbey. His grandson:-
			John Lindley Marmion Dymoke (1 September 1926-21 March 2015). He carried the Union
			Standard at the coronation of Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953. His son:-
			Francis John Fane Marmion Dymoke (b 1955) is the current Champion (34th in line).
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